Heel holder



June 13, 1933. w; QR 1,913,611

HEEL HOLDER Filed April 15, 1931 WW W,

Patented June 13, 1933 winmau 'onNs'rEnN, 01 na'vnnmm, nass'aenusn'rrrs a \EEEL Hornnn.

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This invention relatesto devices for bolding the heels of shoes while being coated with lacquer by asprayingoperation in the appa ratus disclosed in my pending" application filed February 10, 1931. Serial No. 514,777. In the apparatus of said application a series of heelholding rods are rotatably mounted in a rotatably movable holder and are carried successively'into a position to be operatedon,

said rods being provided with means whereby heels of various heights and shapes maybe i quickly placed in position oneach rod and held in a row, so that they may be successively operated upon and may then beremoved with equal facility. i I

While the particular heel-holding means disclosed in saidapplication is effective, it has I been found to lack durability, particularly in that the fiat heel-engaging spring arms employed were likely to become weakened, or broken after a comparatively short per od of use.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a form of heel-holding means which is particularly adapted for use in the connection above referred to, in that it is adapted to hold heels of widely varying heights and shapes in position to be operated on while held in said apparatus, and will enable the heels to be quickly placed in position to be operated on and removed, and wh1ch s of simple construction, so that holding devices for a large number of heels may be produced at relatively small expense, and is sufficiently durable to enable them to be used for long periods without repair.

I accomplish these objectsby means of the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a heel holder embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of single holder unit on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof and a Fig. 4 is a detail View of one of the holder members. a a

In the machine disclosed in my said appli: cation a series of heel-holders are rotatably mounted in a carrier, each holder being arheld thereby are operated-on. As the'present inventionirelates only to theheel-holding means employed in connection thereto.

ranged for manual rotation "while the heels I with the carrier, the idlSClOSLll'E is accordingly limited As shown in the drawing, each heel-holder comprises a straight rod it of rigid metal,

having offset, axiallyalign'ed end portions 'b,..

which arejournaled in the carrier X.

fA series of rigid posts o are mounted at suitable intervals in theroda in perpendicularrelation thereto and in positions inwhich they are intersected by the axial lineof the l end portions b, so that said posts,rod and its endportionsare alllocated' in thesame plane, andeach rod is providedwith a transversely pro]ect1ng head having anarrow face, or

edge which extends perpendicularly to the plane of the posts, so that a: flat surfacefmay be engaged therewith at various angles. A lever 61 of flatmetal,isimountedon oneside of roda ,by a pivot 7? adjacent each post to swing in a plane which isparallel to,f'and,.

pivots being arranged to provide each lever closelyadjacentthe plane offthe posts c, said {with a? long and a short arm,the" long arms being of slightly greater length than the posts a, and being so arrangedthat theenfdr,

portions thereof swing towardsand from the heads ofthe correspondingposts. 7 Thelong arinfof each lever is provided with a right angularly bent end portion 9, which extends ever the rod, or in front of 'correspond ing post, andthe edge of saidend portion and theadjacent edge portion of the arm is pro vided with a series of teeth or corrugations he. The corrugated edges of the end portions 9 thus extend in parallelism with the edges of the heads cl onth e posts and are also arranged to permit engagement with a plane or flat i surface at a various i. angles. Each long arm is1alsouprovided'with ,a laterally proijecting lug i, which is arranged to engage the top side of: the rod and to limit the swinging movement of the arm towards its post at a position in which the arm extends obliquely towards the headdand is at a distance thereqfromi whichyis 1 slightly less than the height to permit the lever to which it is connectedto be swung back from thisposition untilits end portion 9 is directly over the next adjacent post. I p

In placing a heel in position'on the holder, the long arm of a lever is swung away from its corresponding post until the distance therebetween exceeds the height of the heel, then the tread face end of the heel is engaged withthe edge of the head of the post breast side is held facing the rod while its .(L and'then the end portion of the lever is permitted to engage thebase end of theheel,

- so that the heel w-illbe clamped between the i i V ,which position the operation ofsp raying a lever and post, asshown Figs. 1 and 2, in

coating of lacquer on the sides of the heel, and on its breast surface, if necessary, may be advantageously performed. 7 I r The above described arrangement is such that heels varying widely in heightmay be clamped between each lever andits post, as

placed in position and removed, and, when in position, will be held with sufficient security for the purpose and in a position which permits the side and breast surfaces to be coated effectively by a spraying operation.

I claim:

.Aheel holder comprising a support having a rigid post projecting therefrom, said post having a head at its end projecting to one" side thereof and provided with a narrow-face extending in right angular relation thereto and arranged for engagement with an end face of a heel at various inclinations, an arm pivotally mounted 011 said support at a suitable distance from said post to swing toand from the same about an axis extendingin approximate-parallelism to the face of the post, the end portion of said arm having a narrow edge extending in parallelism with said axis and arranged for engagement by an end face :of a heel at different inclinations, while the opposite end face of thc heel is engaged with the face of said post, and a spr ng arranged to hold said end portion of said arm in proximity to said post and to permit separation thereof according to the height of the heel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

' lVILLIAM ORNSTEEN.

indicated in 1, the practical limits bep ing from a height slightly greater-than the v I minimum distance from the end portion 9 to the edge of the head d to. the distance between the heads of adjacent posts, and these limits may be made to correspond to the lowest and tothehighest heels which are .to

the 'end portion of. the long arm of the lever together with the corrugated engaging. face with which this portion is provided acts to be operated on. The angular formationof, Y '1 hold the heel securely against rotation while 1 held between the lever and the post by the actuating spring.

Also theformation of the heel engaging edgesof the heads (Z and end portions 9 permit engagementof the endfaces of the heel at v-arious angles,so that the heel p is securely held in position regardless of its height and'of the relative inclinations of its end faces.

As the heel-holdingilever at one end of the rod (1 must be in close proximity to the angularly bent portion at the end of the rod, a somewhat modified construction is necesy I 4 v p 7 As shownin Fig. 1 the short arm of the lever .e at the left end of the rod 'is'provided with an extension arm is to the end 10f which one end of -a spring j'is attached, the opposite end thereofbeing attached to as previously described.

the rod a VV ith the above described construction,

heels of varying heights may be quickly 7 

